The revival of the extended phenotype

When Richard Dawkins proposed the Extended Phenotype hypothesis, it was an interesting addition to explain beaver dams or termite nests. With new technologies and a renewed interest, it is now inspiring research to understand co‐evolution in ecosystems and applications in agriculture and conservation.

• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  EMBO Reports

• Publication date

  2018-06-05

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.15252/embr.201846477PMID 29871873PMCID PMC6030696
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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